FlightGear Newsletter December 2013: Difference between revisions

Two new aircraft from  my 'Hangar', such as it is. The first one is a Junkers JU-288 Bomber-Interceptor/Bomber presented to the Luftwaffe in 1942 as a hedge against the expected US Bombing campaign and the new Boeing B29. Being as it is with all things bomber-ish in the WWII German air war, the politics of who's company got the funding, and go ahead with production, also doomed this aircraft to only a few prototypes and variants.  That it relied upon the then promising Jumo 222 water-cooled inline/radial, only hastened it's demise, as the Jumo's development was rushed, and then the engine factory was destroyed by Allied bombing.  Finding literature covering this aircraft was a bit hard to find, but with some help from FMG, I was able to source some drawings and spec's.  I'm not sure when this plane will be finished, but the basic 3D is done and a rudimentary cockpit is in place.

 

Secondly is a small, pre WWI early aircraft from Rene Caudron and sibling,  his Type 'C' biplane.  The first of his 'Public Domain' designs that he released to the early aviation community.  This aircraft was to go on to more development as the G series of trainers and observation/bombers during WWI.  This particular aircraft was also known as the '10 meter Caudron', it was interesting to note that it employed along with it's wing warping roll control, an enhanced roll control from the divided stab/elevator, which could be flexed with up and down, twisting deflections in addition to it's normal pitch control.  It was praised for it's high rate of climb, lightness, and maneuverability, on a modest 45 h.p. Anzani 6 cylinder radial. The aircraft is releasable and is under a GPL license.  Images of these two aircraft.